Interview with Carlos Piñerúa, World Bank Country Manager for Croatia and Slovenia for the Lider business weekly, published on May 27, 2016. Shortly after his appointment in August 2014 as the World Bank...

Falling ill costs money. But how much you have to spend out-of-pocket depends on where you live. In Europe, with well-developed social insurance, out-of-pocket spending is typically capped, something that...

TUHELJ, March 16, 2015 – To set the stage for the successful implementation of the EUR70 million Social Protection System Modernization Project, and to ensure the commitment of all stakeholders to the...

ZAGREB, September 25, 2014 — Minister of Finance, H.E. Boris Lalovac, and the World Bank’s Country Manager for Croatia, Mr. Carlos Piñerúa, today signed a Loan Agreement in the amount of EUR70 million...

WASHINGTON, September 19, 2014 — The World Bank’s Board of Directors today approved a EUR70 million (US$95.55 million) loan to the Republic of Croatia for the Social Protection System Modernization Project...

Untold billions of taxpayer dollars are wasted each year through error, fraud and corruption (EFC) in social protection programs. In countries across Europe and Central Asia, the cost to government revenue...

OPATIJA, June 9, 2014— To share experiences on minimizing the waste of public funds, a workshop on Reducing Error, Fraud, and Corruption in Social Protection Programs, brought together high-level policy...

World Bank announces new focus on Social Protection and Labor and releases new open data tool to help countries close the gap in coverage for the poorest WASHINGTON, April 18, 2012 – The World Bank today...

Washington, April 16, 2012 — World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick today congratulated Dr. Jim Yong Kim for being chosen to become the 12th president of the development institution and offered...

WASHINGTON, April 16, 2012 - The Executive Directors met today to select a new President of the World Bank Group. The Board expressed its deep gratitude for Mr. Robert B. Zoellick’s outstanding leadership...

Policy makers under pressure can get preoccupied with the fixation of the moment. For the eurozone, that idée fixe has been “the firewall”. How big is big enough? Who contributes and how? Now that the...

SOFIA, December 9, 2010―The new EU member states and Croatia are facing a challenge many Western countries have been facing for years – aging populations leading to increased demand for long-term care...